Four for Fasting

We are well on our way with the 5:2 fasting diet now, and even though we don't own any scales, my partner in crime (and reform!), has definitely been leaving the pounds behind. He's gone down belt holes and can flap the top of his now gaping jeans around with joy! Not bad for only 3 weeks and still being able to stuff our faces and enjoy our weekends.

Have at thee with some recipes!

For the record, most recipes will actually feed more than two, they're really quite filling, I've tended to only eat half of my meal portions. Or you can eat two helpings and continue to feel the joy of gluttony, as is recommended by my munching mate.

Quinoa Salad

Serves 2

160g cooked quinoa (147)

2 boiled eggs (148)

100g carrot (30)

100g swede (21)

100g leeks (25)

2 garlic cloves (8)

1 chili (4)

Stock (50)

salt & pepper to taste

Total 433 calories

216.5 each

Thinly slice the garlic, swede, carrot, leeks and chili and blanch all the veg in the stock and then remove the veggies from the stock, but reserve the liquid.

Set the eggs to hard boil.

Cook the quinoa in the reserved stock until fluffy and fully absorbed. Weigh out the correct amount of quinoa, add the veggies back to the measured mix. Quarter the eggs and top the salad. A filling and nutritious, low calorie meal.

Get me to cater for you!

Having an interest in cooking means being able to facilitate a constant state of eating. Ergo I bloody love cooking.
Up until quite recently I would eat anything and everything, even the things that other people would physically recoil from. Shockingly, as I've now completed my 20s, I've realised there are a lot more things I can no longer stomach.
Somehow I've ended up both gluten free and vegan. And despite it sounding really restrictive, it's actually bloody easy. I should know, I'm a pretty basic cook, really - and just look at the variety of food I make and have available to me! It's immense and "making things vegan" has actually reignited my passion for cooking. Who'd have known?!
Expect a glug of vegan and gluten free recipes, a drizzle of my life story and a rare bonus dash of something I can't stick in my face. I will also attempt humour, so a pinch of salt to hand is recommended.